i have the iso image in my home folder..and the mnt point exists...and the loop support is there, it was compiled as a module, and it is loaded.

ok try this if not:

mkdir /iso-temp
umount /mnt/diabloii

mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/your/imagefile /iso-temp

cd /iso-temp

If it still isnt working, try upgrading ur kernel, you could also try lsmod to see if loop is installed.

Try trawling google for answers to your error:
http://www.google.com/search?q=mount...=opera&num=100

If none of this is working, you may just have a bad image file.

Im in need of sleep too, ive been up for a while now.

v00d00: I dont know it says something about "bad" kernel...and that it will try to compile it but it needs the kernel-source (and that one i cant install becuz some files are needed that i dont seem to have). I had to go in to 2.4.20-18 and install the driver there (i hade 2.4.20-18.9 on my computer but i dual boot with windows so i get to choose when i start up)...but then i can only use it in the 2.4.20-18 kernel...and in 2.4.20-18.9 i cant even install it as i said...

forgot to add the log file:

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0-
4363). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-4363), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel header
files are installed, you may specify the kernel include path with the
'--kernel-include-path' commandline option.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

i just tried a different iso image and it worked, and i noticed someone saying that they have got this problem too, and they realized they didn't issue the "binary" command in ftp before downloading...
so greggen if you type as root:
/sbin/lsmod |grep loop and you see a result, then you obviously have the module loaded...
so as in my case, i recommend you try another image.
a good way to see if the file is good is to do this:
(should of thought of this at the beginning)
file name.iso
if it is a good file then it will say:
name.iso: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data
and if its not it will say:
name.iso: data
hope this helps!

ok install the 18.9 source in the version u use at the minute. The file you need i believe is this assuming you use the i686 architechture (amd/p4):

ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.red...-18.9.i686.rpm

Install it from gnome/kde, then boot in using the newer kernel, and recompile your nvidia driver to the newer kernel.

DrOzz: AAH! it said:

name.iso: data

thats it...well then how the f*ck do i make an ISO of diabloii:lod in linux? the one i use where made on clonecd (and it works when i boot win98).

v00d00: i dont know..i have a celeron =P so...is it? =)

p4 celeron, p3 celeron, p2 celeron?
what speed is it?

p2 and p3 are i586 and p4 is i686

how fast is your cpu?

itsa a 667 but i run it as a 850

ok, but what will this help? =P the 18-9 i use now i downloaded from RH Network....should this one work better?

Why not boot windows, and copy the cd to a directory then simply access that directory from linux.

the kernel src will allow u to recompile the nvidia driver for 18.9

The source is needed only if you need to recompile stuff for a particular kernel or if you wish to recompile your kernel to include something new.

aha ok, newbie as i said...but i got so tired of windoze...and everyone is a newbie in the start...right? =)

well i am glad you found out its file type now you won't have to rip your hair out with that file anymore :P...
anyways to make an iso you can issue a command such as:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/game.iso
of course thats just a broad example and you'll have to fill in the blanks with the correct information, but you'll get the idea with the basic structure of the command i gave you.
or if its a directory or file on your machine you could issue something like:
mkisofs -o /tmp/cd.iso /home/user/directory..